Muscle Weakness and Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
- J. MorelandJ. RichardsonC. GoldsmithC. Clase
- 1 July 2004
Medicine
The evidence of muscle weakness as a risk factor for falls in older adults is evaluated and the likelihood of falls is summarized.
Pilot evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries
- M. BédardM. Felteau Mary-Beth Minthorn-Biggs
- 1 January 2003
Medicine, Psychology
The intervention relied on insight meditation, breathing exercises, guided visualization, and group discussion to encourage a new way of thinking about disability and life to bring a sense of acceptance, allowing participants to move beyond limiting beliefs.
Environmental, behavioural and multicomponent interventions to reduce adults' sitting time: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Melissa M PeacheyJ. RichardsonAda V TangVanina Dal-Bello HaasJanelle Gravesande
- 23 October 2018
Environmental Science
Interventions targeting adult sedentary behaviour reduced daily sitting time by an average of 30 min/day, which was likely clinically meaningful.
The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies.
- L. LettsJulie Moreland L. Wishart
- 1 February 2010
Medicine, Environmental Science
Home hazards appear to be a significant risk factor in older community-dwelling adults, although they may present the greatest risk for persons who fall repeatedly.
Self-management interventions for chronic disease: a systematic scoping review
- J. RichardsonA. Loyola-Sanchez K. M. Martin Ginis
- 30 April 2014
Medicine
Physiotherapists and occupational therapists make moderate contributions to self-management interventions that are disease-specific and are most frequently based on the principles of behaviour change theories.
Dietary Lycopene Has a Protective Effect on Cardiovascular Disease in New Zealand Male Rabbits
- M. VergheseJ. RichardsonJ. BoatengL. Shackelford.. C.HowardL.T.Walker.. C.B.Chawan
- 1 February 2008
Biology, Medicine
Relationship between Self-Report and Performance Measures of Function: A Systematic Review
- L. ComanJ. Richardson
- 18 January 2007
Medicine, Psychology
A systematic review of studies examining correlations between assessments of function obtained using self-report and those obtained using performance-based measures for community-dwelling older adults found that measurement of functional limitations by self- report or performance probably reflected a similar assessment of function.
Modifiable factors related to life-space mobility in community-dwelling older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
- A. KuspinarC. Verschoor B. Vrkljan
- 31 January 2020
Medicine
This was the first study to examine the association between life-space mobility and a comprehensive set of modifiable factors that were selected based on a theoretical framework and existing research evidence.
An occupation-based strategy training approach to managing age-related executive changes: a pilot randomized controlled trial
- D. DawsonJ. Richardson Yael Bar
- 1 February 2014
Education, Medicine
The feasibility of recruitment and retention of healthy older adults and the effectiveness of an intervention designed to manage age-related executive changes are supported and a larger trial is required to confirm or refute these findings.
Comparison of the sensitivity to change of the Functional Independence Measure with the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills within different rehabilitation populations
- Silvana X ChooP. Stratford Jocelyn Harris
- 1 December 2018
Medicine
The Functional Independence Measure may be more useful for patients who are expected to make similar amounts of change in functional status, as the cognitive subscale of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills is more sensitive to change and can better detect changes in the cognitive aspect of functioning.
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